Africa-Press – Mozambique. Sweden has provided $13 million (€12 million) to support the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration process involving the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), it announced on Wednesday.
“In Mozambique, Sweden was and is a key partner in the Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) process, through the Peace Process Secretariat, having, for this purpose, disbursed a little over US$13 million to support the implementation of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement,” reads a note from the Swedish embassy in Mozambique.
According to the document, the Nordic country also supported the Office of the Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Mozambique with approximately US$300,000 (€277.900) to “facilitate the ongoing dialogue” between the mozambican government and Renamo.
“In the current context, Sweden is committed to supporting the Political Commitment for an Inclusive National Dialogue in Mozambique, promoting reforms necessary for the stabilization of the country,” it adds, in reference to the recent post-electoral understanding promoted by the President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, and the opposition parties.
The then-head of state, Filipe Nyusi, announced on October 14, 2024, that 3,816 of the 5,221 former Renamo guerrillas – at the time the largest opposition force in the country – covered by the demilitarization under the Maputo peace agreements were already receiving their pensions.
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In total, the Administrative Tribunal was at that time in possession of the files of 3,936 guerrillas, 94.1% of the total, of which at least 3,816 (91.3%) were validated and already receiving their pensions, Nyusi said.
“The efforts are continuing to identify other potential beneficiaries of the process, since the number initially predicted was 5,221 individuals,” he insisted at the time.
According to the Presidency, at least 4,181 cases were already at the National Social Security Institute.
The DDR process, initiated in 2018 within the scope of the peace agreement between the parties, covers 5,221 former Renamo guerrillas, of which 257 are women, and ended in June 2023, with the closure of the Vunduzi base, the last Renamo base, located in the district of Gorongosa, in the central province of Sofala.
The 1992 General Peace Agreement ended a 16-year war between the government army and the Renamo guerrillas. It was signed in Rome between the then-president, Joaquim Chissano, and Afonso Dhlakama, the historic Renamo leader, who died in May, 2018.
In 2013, further clashes between the parties continued, lasting 17 months and only ending with the signing, on 5 September, 2014, of the Agreement on the Cessation of Military Hostilities between Dhlakama and former head of state Armando Guebuza.
On 1 August, 2019, the Agreement on the Definitive Cessation of Military Hostilities was signed in Gorongosa between the government and the leader of Renamo, Ossufo Momade. Five days later, in Maputo, the Peace and National Reconciliation Agreement which is currently being implemented was signed.
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